The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12

prohibit q man from selling his title to q sent
In the theatre II some late conner were found
willing to offer an advance. But
this 10 not all The authority that estab-
lished land franchises decreed further,
through the law Of increasing popula-
ton. that these franchises should be sub
ject to o continual Increment. and tho two
laws combined are among tho most beneflcent
laws ever put In operation for the benefit OF
the human race. They furnish about the only
instances whore Providence ever consented to
lend helping hand In the creation OF per-
manent Noalth or. In market parlance. fixed
capital. The hand OF Providence Is always
visible bctwocn seed timo and harvest. The
tender sprcut Is believed. tered. and warmed
with eunlight until II has expanded and been
made ready for the sickle. But this Is only
temporary beneilaence In the provision OF food
In tho laws that provide local habitation
and furnish tho conditions for maintaining O
homo and shelter. there Is q suggestion Of the
Interchangeable Being whose dominion lasts
from generationt to generation. We could not
get rid OF land values II wo would without
claiming overy man In his footsteps and for
bidding, other for love or o consideration, the
surrender OF his franchise. But were the
achievement possible, We are inhibited from
any attempt at It's accomplishment whom re-
ligious principles are INVOKED.
stracion Of the only Value that can 6e ' trans
Se yet the
Gl INDUSTRY and the stimulus to every advance
But this declaration usually comes from mon
who have never 2. Z; tried the experiment them
sScc ss In aboiishins u even his own own
poverty by hard manual labor: and q
method that has not been made to work sue
ceaafullV with SinQle cannot ba
a economic theory. The asitatoTs arc Quite
msds. Lares bodies, Of men, the ' large ma.
tho Wheel, and these are the men whose inter
ests should be carefully studied. The agita-
tors are wrong only in refusing to study the
behalf. and in demanding tho adoption Of new
and every dietatS Of and
Let me make a suggestion Which will be
more pertinent here than anywhere else. No
man. whether, workman at the bench Or q
iortSne WORTH mentioning from his f regular In.
come, alone. Modern finance is a veritable
tunes which we see all around US. are a result
not OF income. as income Is ordinarily estimat-
o a III Se Eh f Ts
which Is denied to labor. The merchant who
nets $1,000 q year and expends i al In living
soon. NOT rich enough In a lifetime to mako a
caus, c5lebre in the courts over his will. But
II he makes judicious use Of the laws Of in
crement and interest. and obtains possession
OF property which will return some twenty.
have cast his seed upon very stony ground.
S,S
OF base drums. It IS not to be decided either
By torchlieht processiops. thronged arenas.
acTery rosrum and p:taettSS diasd5ss
ance with the distinctively cooperative princi:
pies ofmodern finance, enlarged and extended
40 as to cover the entire community. The or
ganization OF trades unions has been q step in
the right direction, Those bodies have done
many things which they ought not to have
which they ought to have done: but they are
founded upon the true principle and only need
to have q more practical direction. Let the
members learn to endorse for each other. and
to maintain such relations that they can be
held he'll responsible for their endorsement and i
abolish the Pope or to compel him to prom
enade along Broadway In a stove-pipe hat.
When the nti.Poverty Society discovers a
means OF abolishing poverty without coming
into the possession Of money. II Is to be hoped
cover a method of obtaining money in amounts
large enough to, suggest opulence. without
either. cracking bank or paying interest they
knowledge to the world. Mon who have never
pardoned for showing some solicitude In find.
Ing @ way to ctrcumyent the laws Of finance.
WILLIAM NELSON BLACK